Analysis by: Karl Dominguez
 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Trojan may be unknowingly downloaded by a user while visiting malicious websites. It executes when a user accesses certain websites where it is hosted. It may be hosted on a website and run when a user accesses the said website.

This is the Trend Micro detection for files that contain malicious IFRAME tags. Once a user visits an affected Web page, this HTML script launches a hidden IFRAME that connects to a malicious URL.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: Varies
File Type: HTML, HTM
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 18 Nov 2010

Arrival Details

This Trojan may be unknowingly downloaded by a user while visiting malicious websites.

It executes when a user accesses certain websites where it is hosted.

It may be hosted on a website and run when a user accesses the said website.

Other Details

This is the Trend Micro detection for files that contain malicious IFRAME tags.

Once a user visits an affected Web page, this HTML script launches a hidden IFRAME that connects to a malicious URL.

NOTES:
It inserts the following IFRAME tags:

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 8.900
VSAPI PATTERN File: 7.630.05
VSAPI PATTERN Date: 18 Nov 2010
VSAPI PATTERN Date: 11/18/2010 12:00:00 AM

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as HTML_IFRAME.SAD. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check this Knowledge Base page for more information.


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